Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

If you missed your immigration court hearing, it means that you were ordered deported in absentia. The ICE agents can come looking for you at your last known address, and any other undocumented persons present at the premises can be detained or arrested, as well. If relatives have papers (permission to remain in the country), they should be okay.

If your family is already pursuing their cases, it is highly unlikely that ICE agents would be arresting them at this point just because they come looking for you - which they well might do. They should have copies of their documentation in a handy place at home and retain a copy for themselves too in case the government requests it.

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Alice Yardum-Hunter, Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law, State Bar of CA and "Super Lawyer" 2004-2009, Los Angeles Magazine